sermonette

[,sə:mə'net]
  • n. 简短的讲道
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sermonette (n.)
1814, diminutive from sermon + -ette. Poe used sermonoid (1849); sermuncle (1886) also has been tried. English writers have turned to the Italian double diminutive sermonettino (1818) to describe notably trifling efforts.